THREE CITY REPS. AND MAYOR REFUSE TO INCREASE OUR PROPERTY TAX
Our City Council and staff are in budgetary discussions in preparation for the vote next month to set the City property tax rate. Our property tax has increased every year…
GONZALEZ TO RECEIVE PAYOUT OF APPROXIMATELY $890,000
“City Manager Tommy Gonzalez will get an approximately $890,000 payout as his severance package after being fired earlier this year. Gonzalez’s severance package is calculated based on his employment contract…
REP. CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ’S $6,700 CHECK TO THE CITY DID NOT BOUNCE!
KVIA is the only media outlet that is properly investigating the various financial scandals resulting from Calderon’s recent audit of the gas cards and P-cards issued to our City leaders.…
KVIA INTENSIFIES PROBE OF P-CARD SCANDAL
KVIA’s Erik Elken has aired so many outstanding reports on the abuse of financial privileges by certain City leaders that it is hard to keep up with them. ROSA MARIA…
THE TOMMY GONZALEZ LEGACY
Tommy Gonzalez was City Manager from June 23, 2014 until today. Although Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin is now Interim City Manager, Gonzalez will stay on through June 29 to help…
COLONEL (RET.) CARY WESTIN TO TAKE OVER AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER TOMORROW!
Colonel (Ret.) Cary Westin will begin his new position as Interim City Manager tomorrow, June 1. June 29 will be the last day of work for City Manager Tommy Gonzalez,…
KROLL ASSIGNS CITY AA+ BOND RATING, BUT WHO IS KROLL?
Luisa Barrios of KTSM 9 News broke the “news” on Thursday that the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), which promotes itself as a full-service credit rating agency registered with the…
MAYOR LEESER: I DO NOT REPRESENT “ANY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP, ASSOCIATION, OR GOOD OLD BOY NETWORK”
On Monday, Mayor Leeser published an open letter explaining why City Manager Gonzalez was fired “without cause” and pushing back against former mayor Dee Margo for his harsh criticism of…
THE FIRING OF CITY MANAGER GONZALEZ: OPEN LETTER TO REPS. HERNANDEZ, SALCIDO AND RIVERA
March 3, 2023 Rep. Cassandra Hernandez Rep. Isabel Salcido Rep. Henry Rivera City of El Paso 300 N. Campbell St. El Paso, TX 79901 Dear Reps. Hernandez, Salcido and Rivera:…
THE MARGOS WANT REVENGE FOR THE FIRING OF TOMMY GONZALEZ
Two days after our City Council voted 5-4 to terminate Tommy Gonzalez without cause under provision 6.1(d) of his contract, Dee and Adair Margo published a letter in the El…